Zingiber zerumbet Narkachur | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Zingiber zerumbet

Scientific Name and Description

Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Roscoe ex Sm

Herb Family

Zingiberaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Amomum silvestre Poir.
Amomum spurium (J.Koenig) J.F.Gmel.
Amomum sylvestre Lam. [Illegitimate]
Amomum zerumbet L.
Cardamomum spurium (J.Koenig) Kuntze
Dieterichia lampujang Giseke
Dieterichia lampuyang Giseke
Dieterichia major Raeusch.
Dieterichia minor Raeusch.
Dieterichia spuria (J.Koenig) Giseke
Zerumbet zingiber T.Lestib.
Zingiber amaricans Blume
Zingiber aromaticum Valeton
Zingiber blancoi Hassk.
Zingiber darceyi H.J.Veitch
Zingiber littorale (Valeton) Valeton
Zingiber ovoideum Blume
Zingiber spurium J.Koenig
Zingiber sylvestre Garsault [Invalid]
Zingiber truncatum Stokes
Zingiber zerumbet var. littoralis Valeton
Zingiber zerumbet var. magnum Elmer
Zingiber zerumbet subsp. Zerumbet

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	banadrak, mahabari-bach, mahabaribach, nar-kachur, narkachur
Kannada	agale shunti, agaleshunthi, agalesunthi, agalu shunti, agalusunthi, kaadu kolinjana, kaadu shuntee, kaadu shunti, kallu shunti, kallusunthi, kallusunti
Malayalam	kathu-inshi-kua, katinci, katouinschikua, kattinchi, kattinci, kattincikuva, kattinji, kattinjikuva, kattu-inschi-kua
Marathi	kaali halad, narakchora, ran-alem
Sanskrit	ahava, avanti, karpuraharidra, kolanjana, kumbhika, sthulagranthi, viranam
Tamil	araniyacaranai, araniyacaranai, cirrinci, kattinci, vanaarttirakam
Telugu	kaarallamu, kaarupasupu, karallamu, karupasupu, santapasupu
Urdu	kapur kachri, kapur-kachri, kapurkachri, narkachoor (zurumbad), narkachur, narkachur nim koafta, narkachur nim kofta, zarambad, zaranbad, zaranbad nim kofta, zarnabad, zarnabad nim kofta
Common Names	awapuhi , bitter ginger, shampoo ginger, lempoyang, pinecone ginger